BOTB-Brockburst!!!!!!!!

I left him a voicemail, and I am dealing with one person now directly at Gibson instead of the service@gibson.com crapshoot. He is doing some digging and actually seems to care, no serial number exists anymore as we talked about.

According to Brian Brock the information I have is still unconfirmed, although I think I would deem him a worthy source. Brazilian Board, Painted by murphy, 1 of 2, he has the other. We will see what we find...definitely keep this thread updated. Can a moderator move this into the Historic Section since this thread has taken a life of its own and is not for sale? Thx

Maybe it's just me, or I'm paranoid, but it sure seams like Gibson
is hell bent on purging the memory of 2003 from the history books.
If not for Dave Carpenter, we would have very little in the way of
hard documentation for that year.

Why would gibson need permission to make a replica of a guitar they built/??

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To fully understand that, you would need to understand the
legal principal of &#8220;Intellectual Property&#8221; and what it is, that
was purchased. Since this usually sparks a debate, I will just
suggest that you Google it to get a better understanding.

I think I have stumbled across something interesting. I just realized that one of the emails I have from Brian included a picture saying in addition to mine, this one (picture attached) has one of the closer tops I have ever seen. I think its a picture of yours...I am going to send you an email to confirm, and if you want to post it feel free....all photos are blocked at work.

Murphy made a few decisions early on with the
> Brockburst. He knew that this guitar would one day be
> legendary, as it is the first clone he did of a very special
> guitar. While the original BB has very little checking, he
> made the decision to let this guitar age on it's own.
> The Brock/Dapra guitar spent its life in a very sheltered
> environment, and was never subjected to wide coefficients of
> thermal expansion, hence very little checking. Rather than
> dragging a razor-blade over the finish, he omitted what few
> checking marks were on the original. Since this guitar was
> made, an entire product line (of the brockburst finish appearing in the RI's) has evolved, and your is the
> genesis of that effort.
> >> I have personally seen and played both guitars, as
> has Brian B. we have both concluded the this one is the best
> all-around recreation. Brian does believe there is one
> guitar that is even closer, which he owns. No matter how well you try and pick the wood, the figure and grain never present themselves until the final
> sanding, and then again after they are painted. Along the
> way, sometime (a year or so) TM finished this guitar,which
> had some more identical flame below the bridge. Either way,
> >> there is little difference, your guitar has better
> flame between the two pickups than BB's, and the overall
> resemblance is better on yours. I will look for the email
> that Brian and I had a few years back when we hashed this
> all out, and send it along, as it is cool history.

I think I have stumbled across something interesting. I just realized that one of the emails I have from Brian included a picture saying in addition to mine, this one (picture attached) has one of the closer tops I have ever seen. I think its a picture of yours...I am going to send you an email to confirm, and if you want to post it feel free....all photos are blocked at work.

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Josh, here's that photo, and yes, it's my guitar that Brian said in his email: "with the closest top I have ever seen". But, as I mentioned to you in an email, it won't be mine for much longer...in fact, I've already scheduled Fedex to come tomorrow and pick it up to take it to its new home. Here's the pic:

althought i just got it, i may have to sell it to put a downpayment on my first house...sooo that is definitely NOT FOR SURE yet, but....it is a thought. PM if you have interest and a value. I am going to fight to not get rid of this piece...but we will see how it goes.

So let me know if their is interest. If you have a regular R9, or a replica, id consider trades too. Still finding out the story, and a possible trade is a couple of months away, makes my stomach hurt just thinking about it.

The one name I have not heard so far in any of this , that I would have
thought to be essential is Edwin Wilson. Is it possible that BOTB Replicas
would even exist without Edwin Wilson being involved in some way?